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Red-light cameras are on their way out of Redmond, but the citys two school-zone speed cameras will likely remain at least until the end of the school year.

Redmond City Council is ex-pected to approve a new contract with its traffi c camera vendor to continue using the speed cam-eras near Einstein Elementary School through the end of the school year.

Meanwhile, the Redmond Police Department and the citys traffi c operation engineers are working together to formulate a comprehensive traffi c plan, which could bring more speed cameras to other school zones.

We are doing some speed analysis to see if it warrants more cameras in other school zones, said Redmond Police Chief Ron Gibson.

Gibson said the city is looking at other options, such as speed indicator signs, engineering en-hancements and warning lights to improve traffi c safety at intersec-tions and school zones. Th e plan also calls for educating residents through a public outreach pro-gram on traffi c safety, Gibson said.

Th e chief said he plans to present the traffi c safety plan to the City Council public safety committee in March.

Th e citys current contract with American Traffi c Solutions (ATS), which includes fi ve red-light cameras at three intersections and two speed cameras on Northeast 116th Street near Einstein, will be terminated Jan. 31. Th at will mark the end of the controversial red-light cameras in the city.

City plans to continue school-zone cameras

From left, Madumi Citolone, Paulina Savelive and Dylan Haildebrand sled down the hill at Meadow Neighborhood Park in Redmond during Wednesdays snow fall. The hilly park attracted several residents, who played in the snow as schools and businesses were closed during the storm. Snow fell both Wednesday and Thursday, but the weather is predicted to warm up today and this weekend with rain instead of snow. See more snow photos, PAGE 3. PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT CAMPBELL, www.sportspixs.com

Council expected to approve new contract; city offi cials formulating new traffi c safety plan

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A Cavalia Roman rider performs stunts on his horses as part of the equestrian performing arts show. The show opens Friday and will run through Feb. 12. CHAD COLEMAN, Redmond Reporter

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From trick riders perform-ing acrobatics atop speeding horses, to performers swing-ing through the air on fl ying trapezes, Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Man and Horse has something for horse lovers and non-horse lovers alike to enjoy.

Th e show will be under the

White Big Top at Marymoor Park at 6046 W. Lake Samma-mish Pkwy N.E. near Red-mond and premieres tonight the original Wednesday opening night was postponed due to bad weather but a special preview show was held Tuesday for local media, community leaders and local equestrian groups.

Cavalia is an equestrian and performing arts show, which features live music and multi-media special eff ects.

Th eres so much more here for everybody, said performer Fairland Ferguson.

Ferguson is a trick and Ro-

man rider for the show.As a trick rider, she per-

forms fl ips and twists while riding a horse that is speeding across the arena. While some tricks require riders to be strapped to the horses by their feet, Ferguson said they are not strapped in to the point where they cannot fall.

Trick riding is very techni-cal, she said.

Roman riding consists of performers standing with each foot on a horse as the two animals run side by side around the arena. Ferguson is

Cavalia show features horse stunts, dazzling acrobaticsAcrobatic equestrian performance starts tonight at Marymoor

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We are not looking at camera enforcement at intersections, Gibson said.

Once approved by Council, the new contract will keep the two speed cameras near Einstein active through June 22. Any driver who goes over the 20 mph speed limit during the designated times before and after school will be tagged with a $124 fine.

City Council will likely okay the new contract at an upcoming special meeting later this month or at its Feb. 7 business meeting, according to Council president Pat Vache.

We all agree that speeding in school zones is flat out a bad idea, Vache said. I dont think there will be any issue of it passing.

Council voted 7-0 last No-vember to terminate its current

contract with ATS because of inconclusive traffic and collision data. But council members showed support for the speed cameras in school zones and directed Mayor John Marchione to negotiate a new contract to continue the speed cameras at Einstein.

Vache said continuing the speed cameras at Einstein was absolutely the appropriate thing to do there.

Kids are kids, they are not the most careful, Vache said. Its a dangerous place to be going fast.

If the city does want to con-tinue or add more speed cameras beyond the end of the school year, that will have to approved by City Council later this year.

But first the city wants to ex-plore all its options.

We want to create a compre-hensive plan as to how we can improve traffic safety in the city, Gibson said.

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the only female Roman rider in the show and in addition to her two horses, she acquires four more through some tricky maneuvering with other performers and steers all six horses around the arena.

Its a lot of thinking and con-trol and concentrating, she said. Your mind does not wander when you Roman ride.

Cavalia began touring in 2003 and came to the Pacific North-west with a run in Renton in 2004. The show was created in Montreal, Quebec by Normand Latourelle, who cofounded Cirque du Soleil in 1985.

Latourelle said the idea for an equestrian-based show came dur-ing the run of another show, which featured a horse during a short scene. That first show evolved to include more horses and Latourel-

le said the animals always stole the scene, which planted those first seeds for Cavalia.

I just realized that the horse was the most beautiful animal on earth, Latourelle said, adding how he felt compelled to do a show featuring horses.

As he began researching the topic, a process that took about five years, Latourelle said he learned that the horse has been mans com-panion throughout the ages.

Man wouldnt be here with-out the horse, he said.

It took another five years to actually create the show and La-tourelle kept in mind the relation-ship between humans and horses throughout the whole process. The show illustrates the human-horse relationship through time from the first encounter with wild horses to cowboys in the Wild West. There is no real storyline for

the show, but Latourelle said like a poem, the performance will evoke different moods, emotions and feelings among audiences during the show as they cover about 5,000 years in two-hours (with a 30-minute intermission).

Cavalia was the first time Latourelle created a show in which animals played a big role. A performance usually features 35-38 horses, but there are 46 horses total in their stable. The show features 11 breeds of horses mainly from Spain, but some horses come from the south of France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Canada or the United States. The show horses average age is 8.

Cavalia will be at Marymoor through Feb. 12. For ticket infor-mation, visit www.cavalia.net.

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Gary Weyand de-scribes the music store he opened in 1987 as a hole in the wall with two small studios, lo-cated near Redmonds lone blinking traffi c signal.

Today, vintage guitars signed by Bruce Spring-steen, the Rolling Stones

and other famous artists adorn the walls of Pacifi c Music. Th ese hang next to dozens of electric and acoustic guitars, cellos, woodwinds and drum sets that students can rent or purchase to practice in one of the shops seven studios.

It just mushroomed, Weyand said. Its almost like the city grew us instead of us growing the city.

Th is month, the Na-tional Association of Music Merchants awarded Pacifi c Music a milestone award for its quarter-century commitment to the music products industry. NAMM, the industrys international trade organization, will honor the shop this week-end at its annual trade show next week in Anaheim.

Weyand decided to open the shop because he saw a need for a family-run music store in Redmond. He did so a year aft er Microsoft opened its own doors and said the technology com-pany has supplied the store with a steady customer base.

A lot of them say its the best part of their week, he said with a laugh, adding that some Microsoft em-ployees, who took lessons at the store as children, return today with their own kids.

Microsoft has had an impact on the store, and I like to think weve had a little impact on Microsoft too, he said.

Since the shop opened, it has changed its location once, donated a number of instruments to charity and its instructors have taught

more than half a million music lessons to adults and children. All lessons are

Pacific Music finds its rhythm in RedmondStore, studio earns national award for its quarter-century commitment to the music products industry

Gary Weyand has owned Pacifi c Music for 25 years and sells everything from mandolins to saxophones. The store also rents instruments, off ers music lessons and makes repairs. AMY SISK, For the Reporter

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The Washington State Supreme Court ruled last week that the state is not complying with its constitutional duty to make ample provision for the basic education of all children in Washington.Is anyone surprised?Its not just that the state is nickel-and-diming our kids; its

more like its doing it by $5s and $10s. We know the state has a fi nancial problem. The Legislature

convened Monday and lawmakers will have to deal with a $1 billion shortfall to the states budget. That makes fi nding adequate money for education all the more diffi cult.

But the court didnt say oh, in that case, never mind. In fact, it has retained jurisdiction over the case to, as it says, facilitate progress in the states plan to fully implement the reforms by 2018.

That means it could take another six years before the state fi nally fi xes our broken educational system and gives our kids the education they deserve and the state constitution says the state is legally bound to provide.

That timeframe is bad, but its actually worse. The case prompting the Supreme Court ruling was fi led in 2007. A coalition of teachers, community groups and school districts, including Lake Washington School District, and parents argued that the state had not fulfi lled its constitutional obligation to fully fund basic education and relied too heavily on local levies to do the job.

In other words, the state passed the buck to local taxpay-ers to do what it is required to do. Of course, the state also limits how much money we can raise locally to provide teachers in our classrooms.

The answer doesnt mean the state should allow local school districts to raise whatever they can from local taxpay-ers. That would leave poor school districts even further behind wealthier areas such as ours in providing an education for their kids.

The answer is for the state to do its job. And it should fi nd a way to do this sooner than 2018. Our kids need a decent education now.

Discovering budget holesHeres one reason the state has a hole in its budget.The state put its Discover Pass into eff ect July 1, 2011,

requiring people to buy one if they wanted to access state parks, heritage sites, wildlife and natural areas, and any recreation lands or water-access sites managed by Washington State Parks, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The $30 pass (or $10 daily pass per vehicle) was projected to raise $15.6 million.

Actual revenue? Only $6.5 million.A survey found people who had two cars balked at buying

the pass because it wasnt transferable between vehicles. Wow. Who knew?

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Recently, I was driving to my dental ap-pointment in West Seattle. No cavities, thank you very much.

I was driving over the 520 bridge listening to a commentator on a local news radio channel. As I passed under the tolling sensor and cruised across the bridge, the com-mentator began talking about that exact topic - tolling.

He was crowing about how he had been a long-time user of 520, remarking that he had used it for some 10 years, but now he had switched to using I-90 thanks to the horrible issue of tolling. Th is commentator boasted about how it only cost him six minutes more in the aft ernoon and, yeah, he had to get up a little earlier, but he was avoiding the toll - yippie!!!

He went on to talk about the fact that the state is going to raise tolls on the Narrows Bridge, between Tacoma and Gig Harbor, and is looking into tolling I-5 and I-405. Th ey are all valid things to question and debate.

But it was his statements on tolling the I-90 bridge that got under my skin. He questioned how the state could have the audac-

ity to toll I-90 to pay for the new 520 bridge. Th is commentator, who ran for Governor in 2000, did not see the hypocrisy in his statements made not 20-seconds apart.

And he is not alone. I have heard many people,

who are avoiding the tolls on 520, say the same thing. But here is the thing, I dont understand how these people expect a new bridge to be built. Who do they expect to pay for it? Paul Allen? Bill Gates? Because if it were built by a private entity, I guarantee you would be paying more than $3.50 during peak hours. Th at leaves it up to the state, or more specifi cally, us.

Is the toll set really high? Yes. Are there other issues like when will tolling end, when will the bridge be completed, and project waste? You bet. And all are valid issues.

But to crow about how you used the 520 bridge, contributed to its decay and then refuse to pay for its replacement, is irresponsible and maddening. You know how you pre-vent tolling on I-90 for many people who rarely use 520? Continue the route you took for 10 years. Th is can be debated, but I bet that a majority

of people outside this topic would agree: Th e best thing about tolling is that it is a user tax. People who use it, pay for it. Th ey take responsibility and dont force someone 200-miles away to pay for a bridge they will never use through a higher gas tax.

You are also costing other people who never use either bridge, to pay more as well. Sitting on I-405, in even more traffi c than usual, while your car idles, costs people money inc gas, wear and tear on their car and time with their family.

I get not wanting to pay for

something you rarely use. But if I refused to pay my dentist aft er my checkup, that would be considered stealing. A service was rendered. I have to take responsibility and pay the bill when it comes due.

So the next time you get in your car and you decide whether to take I-90 or 520, when you have been using 520 for years, think about the cavities you are giving the rest of us if you decide to skip out on the bill.Matt Phelps is a staff writer at the Kirkland Reporter. He can be reached at [email protected]

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On Wednes-day, Capitol Hill was jolted by perhaps the most extraordinary pro-test ever organized in the history of the United States of America.

It wasn't a giant rally on the National Mall, or a march through the streets of D.C., or an occupation of the Capitol by upset citizens. Rather, it was an Internet strike a coordi-nated virtual demonstration by thousands upon thou-sands of websites (including some well known sites like Google and Wikipedia) against a pair of danger-ous bills that the Internet community believes would undermine and damage its integrity.

Instigated by Reddit, a social news site, Wednes-day's day of action brought together an unprecedented coalition of companies, organizations, and indi-viduals, who partially or completely darkened their websites to raise aware-ness of and mobilize opposition to the two bills, known as the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. Tens of thousands of sites were esti-mated to have participated, with their message reaching tens of millions of people worldwide.

Written by Hollywood's lawyers, SOPA and PIPA, as they are known, are meant to make it easier for big media companies to take action against online copyright infringement, which they claim is eating into their profi ts. But major technology companies, civil liberties activists, bloggers, librarians, law professors, security experts, engineers, and entrepreneurs say that Hollywood's legislation - which it draft ed without any outside input - would imperil Internet freedom, stability, and security while doing little to stamp out infringement.

Strangely enough, this legislative battle does not correspond to party lines or even ideological lines. In this fi ght, progressive, conservative and libertari-an activists fi nd themselves united against powerful trade groups like the Mo-tion Picture Association of America and the Recording

Industry Associa-tion of America, and the few giant media conglomer-ates they represent: Th e Walt Disney Company, News Corporation, Comcast's NBC

Universal, Viacom, CBS, and Time Warner.

Th ese conglomerates own the biggest Hollywood studios, record labels, and publishing houses in the world. Th ey also control most of the traditional me-dia in the United States.

For months, their lobby-ists have been quietly work-ing to line up support for SOPA (in the House) and PIPA (in the Senate). Th e Motion Picture Associa-tion of America (MPAA) boasted last summer that it had signed up more than a quarter of the U.S. Senate as cosponsors of PIPA. But on Wednesday, in response to the protest, many PIPA cosponsors began defecting while previously unde-cided members of Congress from both houses and both parties announced their op-position, including half of Washington State's congres-sional delegation.

Until the days leading up to Wednesday's protest, op-position to SOPA and PIPA consisted of only a few cou-rageous lawmakers, notably Ron Wyden, Jared Polis and Maria Cantwell (all pro-gressive Democrats) along with Darrell Issa, Rand Paul, and Jerry Moran (all conservative Republicans). But now, thanks to the co-ordinated day of action, the list has gotten much longer. Opponents now outnumber proponents by a factor of almost two.

Lawmakers and their aides acknowledged that the joint progressive/conservative grassroots protest had overwhelmed Congress' infrastructure. Th e Capitol switchboard

staggered through the day under a massive volume of calls. Th e websites of sev-eral lawmakers buckled and stopped working as a result of heavy traffi c. And activ-ists reported that they were unable to leave messages for their representatives due to clogged voicemail boxes.

Many took to Twitter and Facebook to open up a dia-logue with their representa-tives, and fi ttingly, dozens of lawmakers taking sides against SOPA and PIPA chose to announce their decisions there.

I can say, with all honesty, that the feedback I received from Arkansans has been overwhelmingly in opposition to the Senate bill, Republican Senator John Boozman wrote in a Facebook note. Th at is why I am announcing today that I intend to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act [PIPA]. I will have my name removed as a co-sponsor of the bill and plan to vote against it if Majority Leader Reid brings it to the fl oor in its current form.

Th e fi ght is not over. Th e MPAA, which hilariously denounced the global pro-test as both a stunt and an abuse of power," has vowed to continue pushing both SOPA and PIPA in Congress. But it will now have to contend with newly invigorated opposition, facilitated and powered by the open, free, and decen-tralized medium it wants so badly to censor and control.

To learn more about PIPA and SOPA and why the pas-sage of either would threaten Internet freedom, security, and stability, visit http://npi.li/internetfreedom.Andrew Villeneuve, a 2005 Redmond High graduate, is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a Redmond-based grassroots organization. Villeneuve can be reached at [email protected].

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Getting into better shape this year may only take a pair of running shoes no gym membership required.

Foot Zone, an Eastside running and walking store which has a location in Redmond, off ers a free 12-week running program Couch to 5K for the Redmond and Bellevue communities.

For the past two years, Jeremy West, an employee at Foot Zone and an experi-enced runner, has led more than six training sessions in the Redmond area. Th is is the fi rst year he is leading the program at the Bellevue location. West holds three training sessions a year, each in preparation for a 5K at the end of the 12 weeks. Th e January session started Jan. 5, in preparation for the St. Patricks Day Dash in Seattle on March 17.

New years goals are able to extend into spring with the programs second ses-sion beginning mid-May for the Foot Zone 5K in August.

Redmond participants meet at the Foot Zone in Redmond Town Center either one or two times a week in the evening for group runs on the Samma-mish trail.

Th e best thing about running and also the most appealing, is that you can do it anywhere, its free and 30 minutes a day will get you in great shape fast, said West. If someone can run for 30 minutes without walking then they are ready for a 5K.

Th e training schedule is three days a week and is intended to be progressively more diffi cult each week, as the participants build their strength and endurance. With more diffi culty comes more pain, which is why the program teaches how to prevent injury with proper stretching technique and running form. On occa-sion, local chiropractors and physical therapists have off ered their expertise to runners in this program.

Twelve weeks is bet-ter than eight because it spreads out the training and prevents injury, making it more user friendly, said West. One of the reasons I started this program was because I was sick and tired of people coming in to get shoes and being injured because they are doing too much too soon.

Every run is measured by time rather than distance be-cause it is a better indicator of improvement in endur-ance. Each week the walking breaks get shorter and by week nine the walking breaks end. One of the goals of this program is to make exercising as simple to do as possible. It is easy for people to get discouraged if they do not feel what they are doing is an accessible goal.

Jeremy helped me run farther than I had ever run before, said Ginie Franco, who participated in this program last January. Run-ning can be scary and he made it seem less scary.

Franco joined Couch to 5K to get in better shape

and lose weight. In 2011, she completed the 12 weeks and competed in the St. Patricks Day Dash with her friend and daughter, who helped keep each other motivated. She has contin-ued to run and compete in other races along with her daughter.

Th ere were people of all shapes and sizes, so there was no pressure to be at a

certain level, said Franco. It gradually builds you up so you dont get discouraged.

Franco was not the fastest in the group, but that did not discourage her from showing up to the group runs. West gave her the tools to reach her goal and create viable training plans for future races.

I keep thinking about running, Jeremy made it

seem a lot more fun, said Franco.

Getting into shape does not have to be done alone. Couch to 5K brings people in the community together who have similar goals, keeping the group motivat-ed and accountable for their own success. Foot Zone is a local business giving back to the community by train-ing new runners to achieve success, while also creating

a healthier and more active community.

We off er this program for free because we want this to be a community thing and not about making a profi t.

Th ose interested in joining this program can sign up in the store at the Redmond or Bellevue Foot Zone or can contact Jeremy West at [email protected] for questions.

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When we begin to exercise, our body decides which energy sys-tem to use depend-ing on the intensity of the exercise.

At the start of exercise, depending on the difference between the demands before exercise and during exercise, there is usually a short delay in meeting necessary oxygen demands.

As we progress our activ-ity, the oxygen demands are eventually met (the time is dependent on intensity).

When we stop exercising and the need for a higher supply of energy is reduced, the body continues to take in extra oxygen.

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gen deficit. High-intensity exercise can result in recovery periods that can last hours or even days.

So why is this important for you?

After exercise, the body continues to expend energy to assist with the recovery of the energy systems. Thus, the longer the recovery pe-riod, the longer your body continues to expend energy.

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Higher intensity equals larger oxygen deficit and a longer recovery period equates to more post-work-out calories burned.

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The family oriented event will be presented by Group Health and feature a kids dash and a live concert with Caspar Babypants.

Benefitting King County Parks, the Big Backyard 5K starts at 9 a.m. and takes participants through Marymoor Park at the northern end of Lake Sammamish. The course is flat and participants are encouraged to bring their leashed dogs and stroll-ers with them. The 5K runs through Marymoor Park along the Marymoor Connector Trail and the adjacent East Lake Sam-mamish Trail.

For $25, entrants will receive an event T-shirt, food, drinks and more on race day. Registration for the run can be done online at www.bby5k.com.

A free kids dash follows the fun run at 10 a.m., and then Caspar Babypants will give a free live concert at 10:30 a.m.

The Big Backyard 5K promotes fitness and com-munity involvement, and has raised nearly $75,000 for King County Parks in

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Acupunc-ture and Chinese Medicine can help athletes recover faster and more completely from injury and surgery.

Use of acupunc-ture, massage and herbs can not only signifi cantly decrease healing time, but also break up scar tissue and clear infl ammation.

Th is in turn results in a cleaner and more highly functioning wound site. When infl ammation is left untreated it causes a thickening of tendon and muscle in the local area in the form of scar tissue. Th is is helpful for the body in terms of protecting the weakened area, however presents problems in the form of loss of range of motion, impaired usage and chronic pain.

Scar tissue is not as high-ly functioning as regular muscle and connective tis-sue because it is less pliable, not as strong, and more

sensitive to pain. Th us, the injury site has decreased range of motion and is more likely to re-injure.

In addition, as scar tissue matures, it contracts or

shortens the fi bers of the damaged tissue creat-ing adhesions and knots which decrease the space for nerve, venous, artery and lymph fl ow. Th is in turn creates a situation of decreased circulation to the injured site and wasting of nearby muscle fi bers, fur-ther weakening the area.

Even seemingly innocu-ous injuries to muscles and joints leave a lingering imprint on the body, and if not properly and timely treated, oft en allow low grade infl ammation and a buildup of scar tissue in the area to occur. Th is is im-portant for young athletes to recognize, as their mode of healing injuries can have long term impact on their athletic careers.

A very eff ective and natu-ral treatment for injury in-cludes the use of acupunc-ture, massage and Chinese herbs. Th e acupuncture and herbs work hand in hand to increase circulation to the site, while decreasing swelling and mediating the infl ammatory response. Chinese herbs can be taken internally or used as a poul-tice applied externally to the injured area.

Specifi c massage tech-niques can be used to break up excess scar tissue and properly align the neces-sary scar tissue so that it is more highly functioning and resistant to re-injury. It also helps to break up adhesions in nearby muscle groups to ensure maximum circulation and better joint alignment.

Many professional athletes make use of regular acupuncture and mas-sage to help give them a competitive edge and aid in rehabilitation. For athletes at any level, this is valuable information that can teach

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Th e annual Redmond/Kirkland Relay for Life event, held in June at Redmond High School, will host its kick-off party at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25 at Canyons Restaurant in Redmond.

Canyons, located at 15740 Redmond Way, will be off ering happy hour pricing to anyone who presents a Relay for Life coupon fl yer, which will be available at the door, the night of the event.

Th e kick-off will provide information about the local Relay for Life event and how to participate. Chair persons will be on hand to answer any questions potential participants may have.

Th e Relay for Life event is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, which

uses the funds for research and cancer patient support. In addition, the funding supports programs for patients while they are receiving treatments.

Th e Redmond/Kirkland Relay for Life is in its 11th year and raised more than $75,000 last year. Th e goal for this years event is to raise $84,000.

Th is year, the event will June 9-10. For those people interested in joining

the Redmond/Kirkland Relay for Life as a participant or would like to host a team, volunteer at one of the event stations or booths or donate money or items can con-tact the events American Cancer Society representative, Sarah Yelenich at [email protected].

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Zoom to Zumba! - Free 30-minute dance workout for kids at 11 a.m., and free hour-long classes for adults at 10 a.m., noon, and 1 p.m.

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Feeling Tired? - Tour the sleep lab and talk tothe doctors about better sleep for adults and kids.

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SCHEDULED EVENTS:10:30 a.m. - Diet Dilemma An entertaining look at how our current eating trends have led us to weigh too much.

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Police Blotter

The police blotter feature is both a de-scription of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical roundup of all calls to the Redmond Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers. The Redmond Reporter Police Blotter is not intended to be representative of all police calls originating in Redmond, which gets more than 500 calls (emergency and non-emergency) per week.

Wednesday, Jan. 18Shoplifting: Redmond police arrest-ed a teenage boy for shoplifting at 3:17 p.m. in the 17200 block of Redmond Way downtown.

Fraud: At 8:49 a.m., Redmond police investigated a report for ATM fraud in the 16400 block of Northeast 74th Street downtown. The incident is linked to a fraud case out of Pullman. Police also responded to a fraud report at 3:39 p.m. on Education Hill. The victim reported her purse stolen in another city and her credit cards were later used in Redmond.

Tuesday, Jan. 17Vehicle theft: Redmond police responded to a 12:40 p.m. report of a stolen vehicle at an apartment com-plex in the 2500 block of 152nd Avenue Northeast.

Theft: Redmond police responded to an 8:42 a.m. report of a stolen tow dol-lying for a business in the 8500 block of 152nd Avenue Northeast.

Vandalism: At 2 a.m., Redmond police responded to Redmond High School where a vehicle was heard to be driving erratically in the parking lot. Police contacted the teenagers in the vehicle and then gave the names of the teenagers to the high schools School Resource Officer (SRO).

Monday, Jan. 16Vehicle prowl: Redmond police investigated a 12:03 p.m. report of a car prowl in the 6200 block of 188th Place Northeast.

Burglary: At 11:33 a.m., Redmond police investigated a burglary of an outdoor storage shed at an assisted living residence in the 14400 block of Redmond Way.

Sunday, Jan. 15Domestic dispute: Redmond Police responded to a domestic dispute at 6:52 a.m. in the 9300 block of Avon-dale Road. A 19-year-old Redmond woman was arrested.

Saturday, Jan. 14Domestic violence: An 18-year-old Redmond man was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence assault at 12:12 a.m. in the 9300 block of Avondale Road.

Burglary: At 8:09 p.m., 15600 block of NE 40th St.: A resident who lives in the 15600 block of Northeast 40th Street reported an attempted break-in of his apartment at 8:09 a.m. Three suspects fled, two Bellevue men were caught and arrested, and a stolen car and stolen handgun were recovered.

Friday, Jan. 13DUI: At 2:18 a.m., a woman was arrested at Old Redmond Road and West Lake Sammamish Way for driving under the influence. Her blood alcohol content levels were 0.197 and 0.203.


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On Sunday Feb. 5 at 7 a.m., the City of Redmonds Gridiron 1 Mile

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100th Avenue and 166th Avenue Northeast. It is a one-mile

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Its always said that records are made to be broken.But for Redmond teen

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Th e 17-year-old recently became the youngest to ever earn a certifi ed sport pilots license, having taken the test on Dec. 23, his birthday, and pass-ing with fl ying colors.

Th e minimum age to become sport pilot-certifi ed in the United States is currently 17.

Sweetser fl ew in a powered parachute for the exam, one of six qualifi ed types of aircraft including gliders, gyroplanes and air-ships. He said he hopes to use his recent accomplish-ment as a steppingstone to a career in aviation.

I basically plan on doing it professionally, as a com-mercial airline pilot, he said. Th ats the plan.

ALL IN THE FAMILYSweetsers love for avia-

tion defi nitely runs in his

family, as his grandfather was a bomber pilot during World War II, with his granduncle also serving as a fi ghter pilot. His uncle is currently a charter pilot in California, and according to his dad, the teen has been playing fl ight simulators ever since he was able to use a computer about 7 or 8 years old.

Th e Interlake High School junior is also a member of the

Marymoor Park RC club, a gathering of powered model airplane enthusiasts, and has devoted many hours to help-ing others pilot their craft .

I started teaching with them last summer and be-came the youngest instruc-tor for them, Sweetser said. Ive soloed a seven-year-old, and got in a lot of train-ing time. I fl y out there too with friends ... its another whole side to aviation.

Soon aft er getting involved at Marymoor, however, he set his sights on actually taking to the skies.

CHUTES AND LADDERSGetting introduced to

Mark Martin of Seattle Powerchutes, based out of Arlington, Sweetser soon got the opportunity to start fl ying powered parachutes.

Carrying a price tag of as much as $20-$25,000 for a

top-of-the-line two-seater, a powered parachute is basi-cally a parachute attached to a lightweight cage with a motor and wheels.

While the minimum log-book requirements to take the pilots exam are 12 total hours, including two solo fl ights, Sweetser got much more experience in.

By his estimations, when Dec. 23 rolled around he had amassed 18 or 19 hours of fl ight time including six solo trips to the sky.

I was pretty prepared for it, he admitted.

He was actually more nervous about the written test, administered by the Federal Aviation Adminis-tration (FAA), but his fears proved to be a non-issue as he scored 93 percent.

Its an actual written test you have to study for, multiple-choice, he said. It was more of a school thing than hands-on, like fl ying.

For the actual fl ight exam, Sweetser traveled back to Arlington to meet with examiner Doug Maas, and fi red up his Six Chuter Spirit plane on what was a clear, still day.

It was a perfect day for weather, Sweetser recalled. I warmed up the plane and he watched me do my prefl ight checks, and make sure I knew how to prepare the airplane.

Aft er that, he was told to plan out a cross-country trip with two stops, total-ing 30 miles, and estimate travel time and fuel burn, and took more oral tests on FAA regulations and emergency situations.

Aft er we got done with pre-fl ight, I had to treat him as if he was a passenger, so I had to tell him what would hap-pen in a worst-case scenario, what to expect when we take off , the feelings of the fl ight. itself, Sweetser explained.

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Redmonds Zach Sweetser, 17, prepares for landing in the cockpit of the Six Chuter Spirit, the experimental powered parachute he used to earn his Sport Pilots License. Sweetser took the exam in Arlington on his 17th birthday last month and became the youngest ever to earn a license. Courtesy photo

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From there we took off and he had me fly straight out over fields and farmlands, do a couple maneuvers in-cluding an S curve and a 360-degree constant altitude turn. And then he simulated an engine failure and asked me what Id do, and I pointed to where Id land. Once I landed, he congratulated me and from there it was all paperwork. It was pretty fun.

Now, Sweetser looks to move onto fixed-wing aircraft at a flight school in Arlington called Out of the Blue Aviation, but a couple years down the road, he hopes to find himself in Ellensburg where he will begin his career hopes as a com-mercial pilot.

What Im really planning on is going to Central Washington University and taking their aviation program, he said. There, you can basi-cally get your private instrument, commercial and ATP (licenses), which is Airline Transport Pilot. Theyll take you all the way through, and some airlines, from what Ive heard, can actually take you in after you graduated.

Finally, Sweetser made sure to thank his parents, Todd and Kristin for their support, and a whole host of people, including his pilot neighbor, Jay Uuisitalo, who made his dream of flying possible.

I want to thank Mark Martin, he was the one who took me up and gave me the opportunity to start flying powered parachutes, Sweetser said. Rick Gutierrez also helped me out Doug, my examiner, who came all the way from Battle Ground a couple days before Christmas to test me. Scott Zumwalt was the one who actually introduced me to Mark, so hes one of the main reasons I even got into this, and started the path to go this direction.

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Performing in a 4A Kingco meet last Friday, the Redmond High gymnastics team had their best performance of the season during last Fridays 4A Kingco meet, scoring 148.4 team points to edge out Lake Washington (148.05) and East-lake (114.25).

Redmond took first in each event, with senior Ally Garcia winning the vault (8.45) and floor (9.3), and Kaylee Borms taking the bars (7.1) and beam (9.0) events.

All-around was also dominated by the Mustangs. Garcia won the meet with 33.05 points, Borms came in a close second at 32.75 and Chelsea Polk took fifth with 30.1.

Kaylee has struggled all season on bars and she finally hit where she is capable of being, said head coach Jason Farr, adding that Garcia and Polks early-season ankle injuries have almost completely healed. It was our best meet yet and I expect the girls to continue to improve.

REDMOND WRESTLERS SWEEP DOUBLE-DUALWrestling in a nonleague double-dual last Thursday against Juanita and Sammamish, the Mustang wrestling

team won both matches, 42-25 over the Rebels and 46-30 over the Totems.Highlights for Redmond in the Juanita match included Marcio De Faria (138) pinning Brent Patterson in 2 minutes, 28 seconds and Eli Grady (152) pinning Nathan OHanlon in 3:01.In the Sammamish match, Brandon

Long (138) pinned David Bloomsburg in 3:34 and Grady earned a decision win over Kyle Kasner, 16-8.

TONIGHTS PREP BASKETBALL SCHEDULEEastlake at Redmond (girls 6:30, boys 8 p.m.); Cedar Park at Overlake (girls 5:45, boys 7:30 p.m.).

The Sammamish Baseball Academys (SBA) select 16U baseball team, the Redmond Steelheads, traveled to Phoenix, Ariz. last weekend and won the three-day Martin Luther King Tournament put on by Triple Crown Sports. The team, which consists primarily of Redmond High School sophomores, emerged from pool play with a 3-1 record and won twice more, defeating Bailey Blue from Mesa and the No. 1-seeded Arizona Prowlers, out of Peoria, 7-5 in the championship game. The Steelheads are managed by Jon Baugher, and coached by Branden Bergstrom. Redmond High varsity coach Dan Pudwill will be coaching this team after the high school program completes this spring. Courtesy photo

16U Steelheads win Arizona tourneyMustang gymnasts shine in Kingco win


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Just like the United States Postal Service, Sheila Sloan-Evans is on the job rain or shine, sleet or snow.

As travel programs man-ager for Redmond-based Hopelink, she is part of a team that helps clients navi-gate King County using pub-lic transportation and other

services. And when it snows like it has this week, Sloan-Evans must be available to anyone with questions about how to get around in the inclement weather.

Sloan-Evans has been with Redmond-based Hopelink for six years but has only been in her cur-rent position since August 2011. Th e human services organization was able to

create the job she holds now as a result of $786,778 in grant money from the federal government.

Th ese dollars will also go toward funding a num-ber of existing and new transportation programs at Hopelink through June 2013.

FILLING TRANSPORTATION GAPS

Sloan-Evans said one of their existing programs that will benefi t from the grant money is Getting Around Puget Sound (GAPS).

Th is program connects residents in King County with volunteer travel train-ers who off er one-on-one assistance at community centers, libraries and other gathering places through-out the county.

Woodinville resident Mary Holt is a GAPS volun-teer and spends two hours on the second and fourth Th ursdays of every month at the Redmond Senior Center (RSC) at 8703 160th Ave. N.E. From 11 a.m. to 1

p.m. on these days, she an-swers questions, distributes informational brochures and bus schedules and helps people get ORCA cards. Holt also helps people plan trips using public transpor-tation and other services available to them and fi ll

out applications to receive a reduced fare, which is avail-able to senior citizens and individuals with disabilities.

Holt has been volunteer-ing for about eight months and said it has taken a bit of time for visitors at the RSC to know who she is and what she does. But it has paid off as she has gone from one or two people approaching her during a single shift to about a dozen.

It gets better and more interesting every time I go, she said. Its really satisfying when I can show someone a route.

Holt added that the people she meets with are usually deciding to stop driving and she helps them learn what their transporta-tion options are.

While GAPS is very much a volunteer-based

program, someone has to show them what to do, which is where Sloan-Evans plays a role.

I provide training for volunteers to go out into the community, she said.

Sloan-Evans said with the grant money, they will work to expand GAPS. Currently, they have volunteers in six diff erent communities throughout the Eastside and Shoreline. At the end of the month, Hopelink will add Lake Forest Park to its ros-ter and continue to expand throughout King County.

WORKING TOGETHERMichelle Zeidman,

mobility manager for Hopelink, said they also work with other organiza-tions such as social service

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Rain or snow, Hopelink travel programs manager Sheila Sloan-Evans is always on the job. She is part of a team that focuses on helping people navigate the diff erent transportation systems in King County and is often called upon during inclement weather by people who need to know the bus snow routes in their area. SAMANTHA PAK, Redmond Reporter

Federal grants help fund existing and new programs

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CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY

The Redmond Youth Partnership Advisory Committee, in affiliation with the Asian Student Association of Redmond High School, will bring in the Chinese New Year with its annual free cel-ebration at the Old Fire House Teen Center on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 5-8 pm. A traditional Chinese lion dance will begin at 5 p.m. outside the building. The dance will be moved inside if the weather is inclement.

The event is free and open to all ages. The teen center is located at 16510 N.E. 79th St. For more in-formation, contact Nancy Chang at (425) 556-2358 or [email protected].

HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO MEET FEB. 11

The next Redmond His-torical Society (RHS) meet-ing will be on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 10:30 a.m. to noon at The Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 N.E. 80 St. and feature Ed Lincoln, the man who created Seattles iconic Pink Toe Truck.

Lincoln will be present-ing his book, Life Through the Rearview Mirror. He will look back through the rearview mirror and reveal life lessons with tales that have spanned the decades.

To receive the RHS monthly newsletter, contact society office at (425) 885-2919, or e-mail [email protected]. Books, note cards, free historic walking tour brochures, and the book, Redmond Reflections, are available in the office,

which is open Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, visit www.redmondhistorical society.org.

ST. JUDE PARISH TO HOST MUSICAL GATHERING

St. Jude Parish at 10526 166th Ave. N.E. in Redmond will host an Ecumenical Musical Gathering to celebrate National Unity Week on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Gospel and traditional hymns will be sung by more than 170 choir members. Pastors and choirs participating in the ceremony include Faith Lutheran Church, Red-mond United Methodist Church, St. Bartholomews Anglican Church, Univer-sity Presbyterian Church, Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Redmond Pres-byterian Church. and St. Jude Parish.

For additional informa-tion, contact Molly Boll at (425) 836-4315.

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Alyce passed away peacefully on December 25, 2011, to return home to her Father in Heaven.

She is survived by her beloved children: David Kim Kuipers, Alyce Kamille Kuipers Hottinger, Kory David Kuipers, and Kari Alyce Kuipers. She is also survived by her siblings: David (Anne) Henderson, Lesley Karabach, and Ted Jamieson. She is preceded in death by her parents Major

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Naomi was an accomplished writer. She published a mystery novel, wrote humorous editorials for several news-papers and had her poetry recognized in

contests and magazines. In 1999 she founded The Redmond Historical Society, and

for more than a decade she has worked tirelessly to preserve, document and share the history of Redmond. Since its inception, the organization has grown to become one of the largest and most active civic organizations in the city. Nao wrote the book Redmond Reflections: From Settlers to Software.

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She said this Travel Ambassadors program empowers other agencies to help their clients directly, rather than have everyone call (Hopelink).

In addition to help-ing other organizations, Zeidman said Hopelink is also part of the King County Mobility Coalition (KCMC). This brings together indi-vidual advocates, agencies and other parties to address transportation issues and find ways to improve things. Zeidman said KCMC pro-

motes dialogue and collabo-ration among the different parties involved.

There are also smaller groups throughout the county that serve their re-spective geographical areas such as the Eastside Easy Rider Collaborative (EERC) and focus on specific is-sues affecting these areas. Zeidman said the federal money they received will help them expand to south King County and staff the north King County group.

NEW PROGRAMS

With all of these pro-grams, Zeidman said they work closely with both King County Metro Transit and Sound Transit.

This is especially true with Hopelinks Ride Around the Sound (RAS) program. RAS was created through the federal grant money and offers free group excursions on public transit.

The goal is for people to get familiar to take down the scare factor, Zeidman said.

She said this program focuses on immigrant and refugee populations as well as veterans, those with limited English and low-income populations. Zeidman added that inter-preters will also be available if needed.

Hopelink is working with

other social service agen-cies in the area to organize these trips and said a few destination examples in-clude hospitals and medical centers, the airport and other service centers.

Were really open on the destination, Zeidman said.

Additionally, the federal grant money will help fund a couple of technological programs. The first involves installing transportation kiosks in medical facilities throughout King County. Zeidman said these kiosks would be free-standing computer stations where people can access bus schedules, real-time bus ar-

rival times and other infor-mation. There will be a total of 10 kiosks installed, but as Hopelink has just received the money, Zeidman said it will take about a year of planning before the kiosks are installed.

Four more kiosks will be installed in locations that specifically serve veterans.

The final new program is a one-stop access website and smart phone application.

Zeidman said she is ex-cited to see where Hopelink will go from here with all of the different transporta-tion programs and services they offer (all free). And while it is important to offer them, she said it is just as important to get the word out about these programs to the public.

Services are kind of pointless if no one knows about them, she said.

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For most kids the last day of school is not a big deal other than waiting for summer vacation.

For Robin Pecknold and Skyler Skjelset, the last day of seventh grade

at Kirkland Junior High would change their lives and popular music.

He was friends with some of my friends, said Skjelset, about the day his friendship with Pecknold began. We hung out over the summer. We both started playing guitar at

the same time. But it took a year or two to fi nd our musical connection.

But that connection has taken the two friends around the world with their band the Fleet Foxes. Th eir second full-length album, Helplessness Blues, was recently nominated for a Grammy Award.

We never really had aspirations past just playing together, said Skjelset over the phone from New York. It has never been about getting somewhere with it. We just love playing music.

Th e band has been around since the two at-tended Lake Washington High School when they played under the name Th e Pineapples. Th e bands fi rst show was at the Old Fire House Teen Center in Redmond.

FLEET FOXES RISE TO THE TOP

Former Old Fire House Teen Center performers now Grammy nominees

[ more FLEET FOXES page 17 ]

Robin Pecknold, far left and Skyler Skjelset, second from left, met at Kirkland Junior High before forming The Pineapples, which became the Fleet Foxes. Skjelset credits growing up on the Eastside for shaping the bands sound. Photo courtesy of Sub Pop


We played two or three times at the Lyons Den in Bothell and Victors Coff ee in Redmond, said Skjelset.

Th e band got noticed pretty quickly aft er chang-ing its name, adding a few more members to the lineup and playing their fi rst show as the Fleet Foxes at Neumos on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Th e band signed with the Seattle music label Sub Pop, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records, in January 2008.

Th ey released their fi rst album

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